The Utah Department of Health (UDOH) supports submission of syndromic surveillance data for Meaningful Use (MU) from hospitals and eligible providers/professionals (EPs) and is ready to accept syndromic surveillance data from hospitals, emergency department, urgent care and other eligible provider types.
However, the UDOH is not accepting syndromic surveillance data from some MU eligible providers/professionals types.
Please see the list of these eligible providers/professionals types that qualify for an exclusion/exemption (updated Feb. 3, 2016) and need not submit syndromic surveillance data to the UDOH nor register intent for Syndromic Surveillance Meaningful Use Modified Stage 2.

Complete the steps below to register for and attest for Syndromic Surveillance Meaningful Use Modified Stage 2 (SySMU2).

When registering, Hospitals and EPs will need to submit the following information:

Name, address, and phone number.

Submitter name and email (this is the Meaningful Use contact person for the hospital/EP). The submitter is the individual that will receive all correspondence regarding the syndromic surveillance MU process from the UDOH.

EHR software package and version. EHR technologies that meet the certification requirements for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs are listed on the ONC Website. NOTE: Meaningful Use certification does NOT imply that the product meets all Meaningful Use requirements. If your software is not listed, it may not qualify for Meaningful Use. For additional questions regarding ONC approved software, please contact CMS.

SySMU2 attestation will be complete, once the hospital/EP is submitting ongoing validated syndromic surveillance data to the UDOH.

Upon completing SySMU2 attestation, the UDOH will send the hospital/EP a SySMU2 memo stating the hospital/EP has met the SySMU2 requirements of ongoing submission of syndromic surveillance data to the UDOH and is in “Active Engagement-Production”.